Te Taurima Whakaata Maori i te Wairoa | Wairoa Maori & Indigenous Film Festival 2010

OFFICIAL FESTIVAL POWHIRI

3.00 pm Thursday 3 June // Taihoa Marae, Wairoa, Wairoa District

Join us at the historic Taihoa Marae for the Official Festival Powhiri (Maori welcome) and Opening Ceremony, followed by a Welcome Dinner (4 pm) for our manuhiri. All welcome, we ask those wishing to attend to please RSVP Festival Chairperson Huia Koziol ph. 06 837 8854.

Special Presentation: KA HAKU AU

2009 NZ 52 mins Producer Maramena Roderick

5.00 pm Thursday 3 June // Taihoa Marae, Wairoa, Wairoa District (FREE ENTRY)

The Story of Kohine Whakarua, song writer extraordinaire. In Te Reo Maori with subtitles.

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WAIROA MAORI FILM NIGHT

6.00 pm Thursday 3 June // Taihoa Marae, Wairoa, Wairoa District

($10 ticket / $5 children and kaumatua, fundraiser for Taihoa Marae)

A short film programme followed by the box office smash BOY presented Marae-styles in Wairoa.

SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN // 2010 NZ 15 mins Directors Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland

Set in 1970s New Zealand, The Six Dollar Fifty Man follows Andy, a gutsy 8 year-old boy who is forced to break out of his make-believe superhero world to deal with playground bullies.

MOKOPUNA // 2009 NZ 12 min Director/Writer Ainsley Gardiner

Mary is a part Maori girl, living in middle class suburban New Zealand.

WARBRICK // 2009 NZ 15 min Director Meihana & Pere Durie

One man’s legacy, one nation’s legend.

(INTERMISSION)

TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT // 2005 16 mins Director/Writer Taika Waititi

Two boys are waiting in a car outside a pub one night. This is their story.

BOY // 2010 NZ 87 min Director/Writer Taika Waititi

Its 1984 on the East Coast. Boy is eleven years old and crazy about Michael Jackson. His brother Rocky has magical powers and his father Alamein is fresh out of prison.

Festival Sponsored by Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi and NZ Film Commission

Presented by Te Taurima Whakaata Maori I Te Wairoa Inc & Maori+Native Entertainment Ltd.

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